Michael Hamilton is the Heartland Institute research fellow for health care issues and the managing editor of Health Care News. A Hillsdale College graduate and former educator, he has written and edited for a variety of online and print media including The Federalist, PJ Media, WORLD, The Philos Project, Canon & Culture, LifeSiteNews.com, The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation blog Dissident, and Ohio Conservative Review. Michael serves as vice chairman of the board of Forge Leadership Network to help identify, train, and connect America's future statesmen.

As Heartland experts wrote about in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal in April 2017, giving Medicaid funds straight to patients would allow most of them to shop for the best value for the health care they receive. Many would buy private health insurance for the first time. Families could share Medicaid dollars, thus enabling family members to take care of each other.

WSJ op-ed authors Executive Editor Justin Haskins and Research Fellow Michael Hamilton joined Graphic Designer Donny Kendal in this special edition of the Health Care News Podcast. Read the entire Personal Health Care Safety Net Medicaid Fix, developed by Haskins, Hamilton, and Director of Research Sam Karnick, at Heartland.org.